Joan Whipp, Ph.D.Joan Whipp, Ph.D.

Title Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies
Dept Educational Policy & Leadership
Office 113M Schroeder Complex
Phone 414-288-1432
Email joan.whipp@marquette.edu

Degrees Held

  • B.A. English Marquette University
  • M.A. English University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • M.S. Educational Psychology University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
  • Ph.D. Urban Education University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 1996

Research Interests

  • Teaching and Learning in Online Environments
  • Teacher Learning and Development

Courses Taught

  • Foundations of Curriculum
  • Theories of Learning Applied to Instruction
  • Seminar: Analysis of Teaching
  • Seminar: Situated and Cognitive Perspectives on Teaching
  • Teaching in the Middle School
  • Student Teaching Seminar: Secondary English
  • Using Technology for Instruction and Assessment

 

Recent Publications/Presentations

2008

Whipp, J. & Lorentz, R.A. (in press). Cognitive and social help giving in online teaching: An exploratory study. Educational Technology Research and Development.

 

Whipp, J. Preparing teachers to teach in culturally diverse schools: Some preliminary findings. Presentation at European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction Special Interest  Group on Cultural Diversity and Learning, Gothenburg, Sweden, May, 2008.

 

Whipp, J. Teaching online as strategic help giving. Presentation at the scholarship of teaching and learning conference sponsored by the Centre for Educational and Academic Practices, City University London, May, 2008.

Discussant, Paper Session: Teacher Education Pedagogies in Practice. Annual meeting of American Educational Research Association, New York, 2008.

2007

Burant, T., Chubbuck, S. & Whipp, J.  Reclaiming the moral in the dispositions debate.  Journal of Teacher Education, 58(5), 397-411.

Chubbuck, S.M., Burant, T.J., & Whipp (2007). The presence and possibility of moral sensibility in beginning pre-service teachers. Ethics and Education, 2(2), 109-130

Session Organizer and Chair – Symposium: "Teaching and Learning Physical Science in Urban Secondary Schools: Assessing the Assessments," annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, 2007.  

(with Terry Burant and Sharon Chubbuck). "Developing Moral Sensibility in Preservice Teachers," paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, 2007,

     

Discussant, Paper Session: Technology Research: Issues in Teacher Practices and Professional Development With Technology, annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, 2007. 

2006

(with T. Burant & S. Chubbuck). Deliberating about Dispositions in Preservice Teacher Education: A Documentary Account. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the

American Educational Research Association, San Franscisco, 2006.

Increasing Faculty Use of Technology: Does it Promote Learner-Centered Teaching? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, 2006.

Discussant, Exploring the Intersections of Technology and Metacognition in Educational Settings. Paper Session at the annual meeting of the American Educatonal Research Association, San Francisco, 2006.

2005

Whipp, J., Eckman, E. & Van den Kieboom, L."Using sociocultural theory to guide teacher use and integration of instructional technology in two professional development schools."  Journal of Computing in Teacher Education, 22(1), 37-43.

2004

Whipp, J. & Chiarelli, S. Self-regulation in a web-based course: A case study. Educational Technology Research and Development , 52 (4), 5-22.

Madson, M. B., Melchert, T. P., & Whipp, J. L . (2004). "Assessing student exposure to and use of computer technologies through an examination of course syllabi." Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 29, 549 - 561 .

Whipp, J. & Lorentz , R. Help-seeking in online courses: The importance of social presence. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego.

2003

Whipp, J. Using online conversations to scaffold critical reflection about field experiences in urban schools. Journal of Teacher Education, 54 (4),

 

Recent Grants and Funded Projects

Principal Investigator (with M. Politano, Department of Physics), Modeling in Physical Science for Urban Teachers, $97,000, from Wisconsin ESEA II Improving Teacher Quality Higher Education Professional Development Program , U.S. Department of Education. 2004-2006 .

Principal Investigator, Partnership Planning Grant, $5,000, Wisconsin ESEA II Improving Teacher Quality Higher Education Professional Development Program, U. S.

Department of Education, 2003.

Principal Investigator, Technology for Tomorrow’s Urban Teachers.  $1.5 million , U.S Department of Education, Preparing Tomorrow’s Teachers in Technology (PT3), 2000-2004.

Marquette Liaison, Creative Educator Institutes. $75,000 awarded through Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design (MIAD), U.S. Department of Education, Wisconsin ESEA II Improving Teacher Quality Higher Education Professional Development Program, 2005-2007.

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